Director, North Pacific Regional Office (Pohnpei-based)

The Director, North Pacific Regional Office is based in Pohnpei and accountable to the Deputy Director-General, Operations and Management for leadership and management of the office, which provides technical and scientific services to SPC’s North Pacific members. The office has a combined annual budget of around USD 2.5 million and a multi-disciplinary team of 40 staff including some located in Marshall Islands and Palau. The director has an important advocacy, marketing and resource mobilisation role in representing SPC in the region.

Key result areas include: (i) provide vision, leadership, direction and management of SPC resources to maximise impacts of regionally delivered services to SPC member countries and territories; (ii) contribute strongly to SPC’s development, management and achievement of goals; (iii) drive policy innovation and manage change; (iv) manage budget expenditure and reporting and resource mobilisation; and (v) manage collaborative relationships with stakeholders.

Successful candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience, particularly in a multi-sectoral environment; skills in strategic thinking, policy development and mobilising funding; understanding of development issues in the region; excellent representational and interpersonal skills; and capacity to lead multi-disciplinary teams and work effectively in a bilingual and culturally diverse environment with a broad range of stakeholders.

SPC delivers technical, scientific, research, policy and training support to Pacific Island countries and territories in fisheries, agriculture, forestry, water resources,  geoscience, transport, energy, disaster risk management, public health, statistics, education, human rights, gender, youth and culture.

SPC has 26 member countries and territories including founding members, Australia, France, New Zealand and the United States of America, which contribute a large proportion of its funding. Other major development partners include the European Union, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United Nations agencies, Asian Development Bank, World Bank and Global Environment Facility, to name a few. SPC’s working languages are English and French.

Applications can be submitted in English or French. The closing date for applications is 22 March 2013. 

 For further details go to .www.spc.int/en/employmenthtml or contact Sally Herrmann, HR Adviser, in confidence (sallyh@spc.int or +687 26 01 40).